Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

Google is building Task Continuity, a native Handoff feature for Android to bridge the ecosystem gap with Apple. More details here.

About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which will be rolled out to devices in the next major release of Android 16. Google ...

Speaking during the opening keynote at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2025, Amon and Google's SVP of Devices and Services, Rick Osterloh, spoke about what the future of ...

Google is addressing doubts regarding the upcoming developer verification for Android app sideloading. More details here.

However, Samat’s statement did little to assuage people’s fears, as it didn’t explain a key part of the equation: the how. We know what Google wants to do (block Android apps from unverified ...

Google’s new developer ID rule may tighten Android security — or end its open-source freedom. Here’s what’s at stake.

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RatOn is a rare Android trojan combining NFC relay, overlay attacks, and automated money transfers It targets banking apps and crypto wallets, stealing PINs and recovery phrases Spread via fake TikTok ...

The venue for all this is Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2025, where Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation with Google SVP of Platforms & Devices Rick Osterloh. Google said last year ...

In an advertisement of sensational disclosure that has stirred sensations in the cybersecurity circle, Samsung has hurried out to mend a critical zero-day flaw that has already been thoroughly abused ...